Statements from President Erdoğan

The Presidential Cabinet Meeting has ended. Statements from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who appeared before the cameras after the meeting.

The highlights from President Erdoğan's statements are as follows:

"OUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE JUSTIFIED"

We continue our struggle to build a great and powerful Turkey day and night with patience. We consulted with the German President on many issues such as the fight against terrorism, irregular migration, our citizens' visa problems, and issues concerning the Turkish community in Germany. We were drawing attention to far-right movements such as those against immigrants and those against Islam. Unfortunately, our concerns were proven right in many recent elections. One of the reasons for this is that the European center politics cannot correctly read the spirit of the times. Liberal democracy, which was the charm of the past century, has entered a serious crisis and bottleneck. Liberal democracy has now lost its former power, reputation, and influence.

"WE ARE CAREFULLY FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS TO AVOID POSING A THREAT TO EUROPEAN TURKS AND MUSLIMS"

Politics, like life, does not tolerate a vacuum. This is the situation in the West. Far-right demagogues are filling the gaps in the last elections in Europe. Western institutions and leaders who watched the massacre of more than 61 thousand civilians failed the humanitarian test in Gaza. Far-right movements have become the determining factors of politics in Europe today. We attach great importance to the peace and well-being of our citizens who have been living in Europe for 4-5 generations. We are following the developments carefully so that the far-right reality does not pose a threat to European Turks and Muslims.

"ONLY Türkiye CAN SAVE THE EU"

We care that our relations with the EU have recently been regaining their old rhythm. Only Turkey can save the EU from the impasse it has fallen into, from economy to defense, from politics to international reputation, and Turkey's full membership in the union. The sooner the EU confronts these facts, the better it will be for them. As always, we are thinking of advancing the membership process with a constructive understanding, based on mutual benefit and respect. The EU and the countries that paved the way for the union need to stop insisting on wrongdoings.

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THE WHOLE WORLD"

As Turkey, we will continue to fix one leg of the compass on Ankara with a 360-degree perspective and embrace the entire world with the other. Our visit, which included Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan, the shining stars of the regions with a total population of nearly 650 million, was extremely productive. We further strengthened our commercial, economic, cultural, defense and human relations. It was already impossible not to be moved by the attention and affection shown to us and our delegation, and the flood of love that overflowed into the streets. We were received very warmly by the people. Tens of thousands of people greeted us with red flags in their hands.